Vaporizer.



Z. G. SHOLES. VAPORIZER. APPLQIOATION FILED AUG. 4, 190s.

929,254. yPatented July 27, 1909.

unirsi) sTATEs :PATENT loimion.

ZALMON G. SHOLES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,.ASSIGNOR TO WEST DIVSINFEOTING COMPANY, A

CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

VAPORIZER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Lindem-.eci July' a7, 1909.

Application led August 4, 1908. Serial No. 446,867.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that l, ZALMON G. SrioLns, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and

State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Vaporizers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an apparatus for disseminating a disinfecting or deodorizing vapor. v

lt has for its particular object to provide a means for causing the vapor to be eXuded from time to time in order that the vapor may be distributed throughout the surrounding atmosphere at all times.

lt also has for a particular object to coinbine a device such as aboveA referred to with a means for supporting paper and when the paper is unrolled in itsuse it will cause a distribution of the disinfected material-and of the disinfectant vapor.

rlhe invention consists-in providing means for containing a disinfecting material and for supporting a means for4 causing the vsaid material to become vaporized.

The invention also consists in a can having wicks adapted to support a meansffor causing the contents oft-he canto becomeA agitated. Y

The invention also consists in providing a wick for feeding a liquid from one receptacle into another and a pad for causing the said material to become vaporizedand to pass from the second named receptacle into the surrounding. atmosphere. s

The invention also consists in a means for causing the evaporation of the disinfecting material and for supporting a roll of paperln the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 illustrates one embodiment of my invention and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the saine with one flaring end or head removed.

At 1 is shown a base board which is ordinarily supported in a vertical position. This may be attached to a wall or other permanent fixture as by screws or by-any other well known means. The ybase board l merely constitutes a convenient means for supporting the device illustrated.

at 2, 2, are supporting brackets which are attached to the supporting panel or base 1 by means of the inwardly extending ears 3, 3, and the screws or pins L1, el.. The b 'ackets 2, 2, are provided with rings y5, ifi, having square or angular interior edges 6, (i. The brackets 2, 2, support the receptacle for containing the volatile disinfectant. The receptacle is so made that it may be supported in the rings 5, and may be turned therein, inthe manner hereinafter described.

The receptacle for containing the disinfectant consists of a cylinder 7 having at each end screw threaded caps 8, 8, which are adapted to be screwed into the .ends of the cylinder 7. The caps 8 are centrally bored or are made hollow. A lhole is formed at 9 having a ciameter smaller than the bore through .which the wick lO may be drawn or forced but which is so smallas to somewhat tightly -squeeze the wick and thus hold the wick in position and yet which will at the same time allow the lwick to transfer by capillary action a fluid or disinfectant that may be placedin the cylinder 7. This construction will also prevent the material from freely passing outfofthe'cylinder 7 when held in a horizontal position. The cap 8 when closed is lscrewed against the washer 11 which prevents any.' leakage of the material. Each cap Sis filled with .litliarge around the wick. The outer ends or 'heads 12, 12, a-re provided with screw threads.4

.A means for causing. the `disinfecting material to become morek readily transformed into a vapor is attached to the endsor heads 12, 12 of the cylinder 7. This means consists of flaring shells 13, 13. rThe shells constitute a vapor dissemiiiator as well as bearings for supporting the cylinder 7 and for supporting a means for causing the rotation of the cylinder and shells. The shells 13, 13, are attached to the heads 12 by the screw threads 14, lll. The shells f 13, 13, pass through the rings 5, 5 and bear against the angular edges 6, 6, at the Haring portions 15, 15, of the shells.V The wicks 10, 10 extend well loutward into the shells 13, 13 and the fluid being transferred from the cylinder 7 by means of the wicks drops down int-o the lower part of the shells 13. As the cylinder and shells are turned the disinfecting material is agitated and the capillary action is assisted and the material is transferred from one chamber into the other rthrough the plugs.

The shells 13, 13 are provided With caps 16, 16. rlhe caps 16, 16 have a large number of small holes 1T, 17. Pads 19, 19 are placed on the inner surfaceof the caps 16, 16. The pads are made of a iibrous material or any material adapted to take up the disi'nfecting material.

The f disinfecting material having been carried from the shell 7 and allowed to drop intothe shells 13 is distributed around the edges of the pad 19 as the shells 13, 13 are turned and by capillary action and also by gravity the disinfecting material distributes itself over practically the entire area of the pad. This gives to the disinfectant a large area of vaporization.

The shell andthe rings are so made that a roll of paper 20 may be placed thereon. As the paper is used' it intermittent-ly causes the rotation of the shells and cylinder and the consequent evaporization of the disinfectant.

It will be seen that it is one advantage of the form of disseminator shown that, by

reason of the bearings which embrace the cylindrical container or reservoir being inside of the flaring chambers 12, these latter.

tend to'hold the brackets 2 together, and thus .prevent springing apart of the brackets accidentally, as by a blow, and rconsequentdropping of the paper roll and its support. At tliesame time the paper roll is veryA easily removed, Without springing` the brackets, by merely unscrewing one of the 'Haring headsthat I claim asneiv vand desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

1. A vaporize-r comprisingl a closed cylindrical reservoir adapted to hold liquid and havingclosing caps at its two ends; in combination with a-disseminati'ng chamber at each Aend of said reservoir having a perforated Wa-ll?, and' a Wick extending through each capv from the interior of said reservoir to each disseminating chamber, substantially as described. y

2. A'vaporizer comprising a closed cylindrical reservoir adapted to hold liquid and having closing caps at its tivo ends, said reservoir being adapted to serve as the axis of a roll of paper and to be rotated by the unvvinding thereof; in combination With a disseminating chamber at each end of said reservoir having a perforated Wall, and a Wick extending through each cap from the interior of said reservoir to each disseminating chamber, substantially as described.

3. A vaporizer comprising a closed cylindrical reservoir adapted to hold liquid, brackets embracing the ends thereof, a flar-` ing disseminating chamber at each end of said reservoir extending outside of said brackets, and a wick adapted to convey liquid from each end of said reservoir into one of said flaring chambers, substantially as described.

4. A vaporizer comprising a closed cylindrical reservoir adapted to hold liquid, brackets embracing the ends thereof so loosely as to permit the reservoir to be rotatedA easily, a flaring disseminating chamber at each end of said reservoir extending outside of said brackets, and a Wick adapted to convey liquid from each end of said reservoir into one of said Haring chambers, substantially as described.

5. A vaporizer comprising a closed cylindrical reservoir adapted to hold liquid and to serve as the axis Yof a roll of paper and to be rotated thereby, a flaring chamber at each end of said reservoir having a perforated Wall'at the outer` end, a pad Within each chamber, and aV Wick adapted to convey liquid from saidV reservoir to said pad, substantially as described.

(LA vaporizer kconfiprising a closed cylindrical reservoir adapted to hold liquid and to serve as the axis of a roll of paper and to be rotated thereby, a flaring chamber at each 'end' of said reservoir having a perforated Wall, a pad Within each chamber extending AoverV said perforated'wall, and a Wick adapted Vto convey liquid from said reservoir to said pad, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof IY havesigned my fr name to this specication, in the presence of tivo subscribing Witnesses.

ZALMON Gr. -SHOLESL llitnesses Y F. F. CRAMPTON,

M. A. BUTLER. 

